This afternoon while driving through Lefroy on my way to Bradford, a lone Turkey Vulture went over Killarney Beach Road in mid Town.It was travelling in a Northerly direction at a fairly low alttitude. While in Bradford I tried for the Snowies that Ron Fleming has reported recently. I started down Simcoe Road south of Canal Rd(Jonkman's Corners) and travelled about an 1/4 mile and scanned the Fields to the East. Here was a Beautiful Speciman of a Male Snowy with hardly a Spot to be found. It was about 400 yards out into the field and slightly behind(to the North) This fild still had alot of Snow,but the Lump of the Bird was quite evident.I viewed tis Bird with 10 power Bins and my Scope for about 10 minutes, then continued my Search. On Wanda St, south of Canal Rd a male Northern Harrier did a Flyby.Further along Wanda St an Ammerican Kestrel was perched on the Wire. It was a Female.Along Wist Rd which parrallels the 400 another Kestrel was on the Wires, this one was a Male. These last three birds are probably the ones posted today by Ron. No other Snowies were found as I made a Circle of the Holland Marsh East of the 400. At home a male Red-winged Blackbird arrived at the Feeder Station. Holland Marsh is located between Hwy 11 and Hwy 400, north of Hwy 9 and south of Canal Road. Lefroy is located on Lake Simcoe(Cook's Bay) on Killarney Beach Road(4th Line of Innisfil),East of Hwy 11.
Cheer's Garth From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon Mar 12 18:16:32 2007 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from bay0-omc1-s36.bay0.hotmail.com (bay0-omc1-s36.bay0.hotmail.com [65.54.246.108]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DC3F063482 for <[email protected]>; Mon, 12 Mar 2007 17:16:31 -0500 (EST) Received: from hotmail.com ([65.54.186.74]) by bay0-omc1-s36.bay0.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.2668); Mon, 12 Mar 2007 15:16:31 -0700 Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Mon, 12 Mar 2007 15:16:31 -0700 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Received: from 74.12.141.168 by by16fd.bay16.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Mon, 12 Mar 2007 22:16:30 GMT X-Originating-IP: [74.12.141.168] X-Originating-Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: "STAN LONG" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2007 22:16:30 +0000 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 12 Mar 2007 22:16:31.0343 (UTC) FILETIME=[165E5FF0:01C764F4] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format="flowed" X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: [Ontbirds]Ww Crossbills & Turkeys X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2007 22:16:32 -0000 Fattening in a field for Thanksgiving, 18 wild Turkeys just south of the 5th concession on the west side of Lakeridge Road while in the spruce trees bordering the East side of Fall's Road, 7 White-winged Crossbills were wresting a living - tons of Red-winged Blackbirds besides - these birds seen and vouchsafed for by C McKnght & S Long this pm in the Whitby area - cheers From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon Mar 12 19:27:48 2007 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from fep5.cogeco.net (smtp.cogeco.net [216.221.81.25]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0E0B063487 for <[email protected]>; Mon, 12 Mar 2007 18:27:48 -0500 (EST) Received: from desktop (d141-38-41.home.cgocable.net [24.141.38.41]) by fep5.cogeco.net (Postfix) with SMTP id 911268D7 for <[email protected]>; Mon, 12 Mar 2007 19:27:48 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2007 19:28:10 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1409 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1409 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: [Ontbirds]Re Loggershrike X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2007 23:27:48 -0000 Went for a walk this am at Hopkins Tract [Dundas] saw a large flock of = singing Robins 25-50, 3Redwing Blackbirds, about 25 Am Tree Sparrows, = along with White-throated Sparrows,Red-bellied Woodpecker, 3 Red-tailed = Hawks. On my return to the parking area was my first Loggerhead Shrike = in quite some time & even allowed me to get some pictures. To finish the = morning off I saw the first Turkey Vulture soaring above York Rd. Directions: Hwy 403 north on Hwy 6 to the first lights turn left & = follow the detour to York Rd. Travel west towards Dundas & just after = the railway trestle on the left is a small parking lot in that area was = the Shrike. For the rest of the birds follow the Pinetum Trail out = towards the hydro towers they are all there. Bill Morden From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon Mar 12 19:32:29 2007 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from fep1.cogeco.net (smtp.cogeco.net [216.221.81.25]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DF8C5638C9 for <[email protected]>; Mon, 12 Mar 2007 18:32:28 -0500 (EST) Received: from desktop (d141-38-41.home.cgocable.net [24.141.38.41]) by fep1.cogeco.net (Postfix) with SMTP id 60EF56A8 for <[email protected]>; Mon, 12 Mar 2007 19:32:29 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2007 19:32:51 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1409 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1409 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: [Ontbirds]Loggerhead Shrike X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2007 23:32:29 -0000 Sorry for the spelling error should read Loggerhead Shrike From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon Mar 12 20:29:30 2007 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from tomts36-srv.bellnexxia.net (tomts36.bellnexxia.net [209.226.175.93]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E04BF638C9 for <[email protected]>; Mon, 12 Mar 2007 19:29:29 -0500 (EST) Received: from [192.168.2.13] ([64.231.156.246]) by tomts36-srv.bellnexxia.netESMTP <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> for <[email protected]>; Mon, 12 Mar 2007 20:29:29 -0400 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2007 20:31:04 -0500 From: Bruce Parker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win98; en-US; rv:1.7.2) Gecko/20040804 Netscape/7.2 (ax) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: [email protected] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: [Ontbirds]Red Winged Blackbirds and Red-tailed Hawks X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2007 00:29:30 -0000 Hello Ontbirders: To add to the many reports of Red Winged Blackbirds, we saw our first today while travelling along Highway 407 from Brock Road in Pickering to the 401 exit in the west end. The birds were in the ditches near the highway 48 exit in the Markham area. While definitely not rare, we also counted 46 Red-tailed hawks along the same stretch of highway. In some areas there were as many as 5 hawks perched within 25 metres of each other. Directions: Highway 407 runs from Brock Road, Pickering in the east, west to Niagara. The birds were seen along the sides of the 407 from Brock Road to the 401 exit in the west end of Toronto. Allyson & Bruce Parker Cobourg
